John Joe Nevin had to settle for bronze at the World Boxing Championships in Milan on Friday afternoon, losing 5-4 to Russian Eduard Abzalimov in the semi-final of the 54kg division.
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David Gillick put in a fine performance in Berlin finnishing 6th in the 400m final. Gillick was the top European, beating Britain’s Michael Bingham and Leslie Djhone of France. A nice taster for next year’s European Championships.He now seems to have made the transition from European to World class level, and in his own words
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Alistair Cragg, Eileen O’Keefe and Thomas Chamney all failed to get through qualifying at the World Championships in Berlin.
Dissapointment for Irish athletes Read More »
Horse Sport Ireland High Performance Manager Ginny Elliot has named the Irish squad for the European Eventing Championships in Fontainebleau, France which take place from September 23rd to 27th.
Elliot names European Eventing Squad Read More »
Sean Casey , Irish Rowing's sole representative at the World Rowing Championship finished third in the men's single scull repechage missing out on a chance to compete in the A or B finals. The race was won by Ondrej Synek (Czech Republic) with Ariel Suarez (Argentina) came second with Sean Casey a clear third well ahead of Jueri Jaanson (Estonia). Synek and Suarez now go through to the semi-finals.
Casey fails to qualify Read More »
Journalists were mystified last night in Berlin as "Alistair Cragg, Eileen O'Keefe, and Thomas Chamney underperformed and failed to get through qualifying at the World Championships in Berlin"
Disspointment on Day 7 in Berlin Read More »
A historic day in Irish athletics was capped off by the performance of Derval O’Rourke in the 100m hurdles final in Berlin, where the Cork woman ran a national record of 12.67secs to finish fourth in the world.
Irish athletes perform well in Berlin Read More »
David Gillick, Paul Hession and Derval O'Rourke qualified for their respective semi finals but Deirdre Ryan in the high jump and Deirdre Byrne in the 1,500m did not progress.
World Athletics round up Read More »
The Irish team to take part in next month's World Boxing Championship in Milan has been announced.
Irish World Boxing Championship Squad Read More »
Ireland’s Senior Women’s Squad have arrived in Amsterdam for their EuroHockey Nations Championship campaign which begins this Saturday 22 August.
Irish Hockey Team arrive for European Cup in Amsterdam Read More »
Last summer in the heat of competition at the Olympics, Olive Loughnane left the track in Beijing as Ireland's best performer in the track and field events. She joined an elite group of Irish athletes becoming one of only eleven Irish athletes to register a top eight finish in an Olympic Games in track and field.
Loughnane wins Silver in Berlin World Championships Read More »
Katie Taylor dream of competing at the London Olympics in 2012 may have implications for Beijing bronze medallist Paddy Barnes. As women’s boxing was included in the next Olympic Games in three weight categories yesterday, it was also announced that the men’s boxing schedule will have to be trimmed by one weight division.
Russian and Chinese boxers to emerge and challenge Taylor's Olympic ambitions Read More »
